Cardinal Virtues

[tower912]

1.  Ed Morrow showed up.  I don't expect him to be dominant, but he sure made some contributions tonight.     
2.  Markus was patient.   Too patient?
3.  The defense was really solid, except for defensive rebounding.    Too many butterfinger rebounds.   Too many times getting outmuscled.  And, Jesus, the last 5 seconds of regulation.
4.  Joey is a freshman.    Poor offensive decisions.   Poor defensive rebounding.   Poor defensive decisions.    With a couple of really immensely clutch plays.  Including the tip in at the end of regulation.
5.   Taking Markus out of the game is now every opponent's defensive strategy.   
6.  Fun watching our bigs get baskets off of other team's poor pick and roll defense.   
7.  Theo is a big man.   During the last two games, he has looked small.   Some big men out there.   
8.  Weird officiating in the OT.   But.... it was screwy on both sides. 
9.  The offensive flow is a far larger problem than defense right now. 
10.   Are you not entertained?

[real chili 83]

👍👍👍💣

[WolfganghisKhan]

Thank you for #9.

[cheese ball chaser]

Win is a damn Win. Don't care how it happened.

[WarriorDad]

Something positive to move forward on.  Watching the haters hate will be fun for a little while. 

[Vander Blue Man Group]

[tower912]

Thank you for #9.

5 and 9 are probably two sides of the same point.   

[WolfganghisKhan]

5 and 9 are probably two sides of the same point.

Agreed. I've just been trying to get people to see that there is something wrong with the offense way before this game. Glad people are starting to notice.

[Mutaman]

Something positive to move forward on.  Watching the haters hate will be fun for a little while.

Watching Chicos is never fun. Free advice- more time with the family and less on college basketball boards.

[DJO's Jaw]

Take it and run. We needed this bad. The defense is holding up its end. If we can figure out this offense thing, we could have something here. But there's A LOT of work needed on that end for sure.

[WarriorFan]

Markus didn't see the roll man wide open about 10 times... that's 10 dunk opportunities missed.

Never thought offense would be a problem with this group, but it is.

[Herman Cain]

Really enjoyed beating Louisville. Lets build off this and win the rest of the tough non conference.

[nyg]

Entertained.  Great free throw shooting won it.

Lots of missed layups, short shots. But good looks for Theo, not like Kansas game, was new gameplan.

Picked UL to win, glad I was wrong.  Thought UL was better than what I saw tonight.

Once in Wojo doghouse, hard to escape.  Jamal is there and when Elliott comes back, he slides down bench. 

[MUEng92]

Perfect

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Did not realize Theo took 13 shots.  Like the aggressiveness for the most part - hopefully he can start converting more. 

[Galway Eagle]

Just another classic MU/Ville game. Honestly though I think this could potentially be a turning point, the team has looked flat a lot, maybe just seeing a W against a good team could help them believe in each other a bit more.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Did not realize Theo took 13 shots.  Like the aggressiveness for the most part - hopefully he can start converting more.

At least two of those were slap attempts at contested tip-ins so I'd give him a pass.

[GGGG]

Markus didn't see the roll man wide open about 10 times... that's 10 dunk opportunities missed.

Never thought offense would be a problem with this group, but it is.

He didn't force passes either.  He looked much more like a PG out there today.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

At least two of those were slap attempts at contested tip-ins so I'd give him a pass.

Good point.  A couple of great moves and a couple of poor shots but I like the confidence.  There was one in the 2nd half that he forced where he would have been better off kicking it back out. 

[warriorchick]

Watching the game in Nashville with all of my UT alum family and my Domer BIL

Very glad that we won after 45 minutes of them calling our team "a bunch of albinos and Sideshow Bob".

[brewcity77]

He didn't force passes either.  He looked much more like a PG out there today.

Markus played a good game.

Anyone know where Cain went?

[nyg]

Markus played a good game.

Anyone know where Cain went?

To the Wojo doghouse where he is being disciplined for ugly, ugly turnovers. 

[GGGG]

Markus played a good game.

Anyone know where Cain went?

After he f*cked up the first couple of possessions in the second half, I think he sat for the rest of the game.   The rotation was significantly shortened up in the second half.

[tower912]

About that defense.   Other than defensive rebounding, the defense was really solid.    Which makes 4 3/4 games this year.    IU is the only real stinker.     Giving up 77 to Kansas isn't a crime.    That 22-0 run was more about missed shots and stagnant offense than really poor defense. 


So few threads tonight.   A rarely mentioned benefit of a win. 

[Big Papi]

Badly needed win.  I hope that this carries us through the non conference season. 

Good to see Morrow be more aggressive and productive.  We need him to improve significantly game by game.
Still not enough quick ball movement.  Side top side, inside out play.  Ball movement slows down and we take tough shots.
Defense is getting solid.